TAMPA AS PORT OF EMBARKATION FOR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
N 27° 51.992 W 082° 31.605
17R E 349691 N 3083353
Point of origin for troops heading to Cuba in 1898.
Waymark Code: WM22T3
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2007
Views: 50
From April to June, 1898, Tampa served as port of embarkation for U.S. Troops on their way to Cuba. Some 30,000 troops arrived in Tampa and 16,000 embarked from Port Tampa on June 7. The Tampa Bay Hotel was headquarters for the force's leaders including General Miles and Shafter and Colonel "Teddy" Roosevelt. The city also swarmed with visiting civilians including author Richard Harding Davis and Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.
Marker Number: F-42
Date: 1981
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Markers
Website: Not listed
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